Hurricane Milton coming to FL

[Starship824]

We have our first report from someone inside MK. Only minor cosmetic damage to TBA...

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This Theater suffered only "Minor damage"

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

So much for Wilderness Lodge being the best resort to ride out the storm. Guests were evacuated at 3am

To where?

 

[tallica]

Disney area Publixs are opening at noon today.

 

[networkpro]

Brayden hisss..

 

[DCBaker]

Update from Universal Orlando:

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

Update from Universal Orlando:

Disney soon:

We look forward to resuming normal operations as we welcome guests to all of our theme parks on Friday except for undesirable annual passholders who can come to Animal Kingdom and only Animal Kingdom.

 

[DCBaker]

New update from Walt Disney World as the parks prepare to reopen on Friday:

Last updated on Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET.

We’re grateful Walt Disney World Resort weathered the storm, and we are currently assessing the impacts to our property to prepare for reopening the theme parks, Disney Springs and possibly other areas on Friday, October 11. Our hearts are with our fellow Floridians who were impacted by this storm.

 

[Raineman]

Scratch that. Aotearoa Longhouse sustained some damage.


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That damage is gonna give Disney an excuse to get a head start on making the whole Poly look like that soulless DVC tower they are building.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

How did your aunt fare?

Very well…talked to her this morning

Thanks for asking

 

[lazyboy97o]

The cost is the issue. Undergrounding is very expensive (and still doesn't make it 100% immune to outages). The bottom line is that when they have to repair the overhead lines after storms it mostly gets paid for out of federal disaster relief funds that are subsidized by the whole country (I guess actually by borrowing more money).

Undergrounding to minimize outages during storms would have to be paid for by the customers of the utility. How much are most people willing to pay to avoid a few days of outages every few years?

They’ve already paid for it. It’s something that’s been promised over and over again as justification for rate hikes and then just doesn’t happen.

 

[SoFloMagic]

The cost is the issue. Undergrounding is very expensive (and still doesn't make it 100% immune to outages). The bottom line is that when they have to repair the overhead lines after storms it mostly gets paid for out of federal disaster relief funds that are subsidized by the whole country (I guess actually by borrowing more money).

Undergrounding to minimize outages during storms would have to be paid for by the customers of the utility. How much are most people willing to pay to avoid a few days of outages every few years?

KUA in Kissimmee has been undergrounding, and weathered the storm better than most of their competition. They have 90,000 customers and have less than 2,500 outages at the moment.

I'd say it's worth it and there are likely grants available as well.

Editing to add - they had 14,000 outages this morning. Undergrounding often allows for super quick restoration even if power is lost.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

They’ve already paid for it. It’s something that’s been promised over and over again as justification for rate hikes and then just doesn’t happen.

…funny how it always seems to work out that way in these scenarios, huh?

 

[erider]

Here at Sports I don’t see any damage, just lots of leaves and small branches. The cleanup crew is hard at work on the main pool, so I expect they reopen that soon.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

KUA in Kissimmee has been undergrounding, and weathered the storm better than most of their competition. They have 90,000 customers and have less than 2,500 outages at the moment.

I'd say it's worth it and there are likely grants available as well.

It’s absolutely worth it…

But as Lazy points out…greed gets in the way.

When a utility doesn’t want to do something…they drag their feet and then use the standard “red tape!!” Excuse in response.

 

[HauntedPirate]

They’re sending undesirable AP holders to AK tomorrow.


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I hope they charge those undesirable ingrates more. Imagine reserving an entire park for Annual Passholders after a hurricane! They'll probably bring their own food in, too.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Here at Sports I don’t see any damage, just lots of leaves and small branches. The cleanup crew is hard at work on the main pool, so I expect they reopen that soon.

If history is any indicator, crews will try to get the resort pools and pool areas cleaned ASAP.

 

[TomboyJanet]

Disney soon:

We look forward to resuming normal operations as we welcome guests to all of our theme parks on Friday except for undesirable annual passholders who can come to Animal Kingdom and only Animal Kingdom.

That's not that bad Visiting Pandora after Ian was quite an experience to say the least Lots of toppled over critters and wayward space plants everywhere. It was like seeing another world after a space storm

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Everything will be back as normal for the $175 upsells Saturday night…one big magical kingdom as always

 

[Raineman]

Everything will be back as normal for the $175 upsells Saturday night…one big magical kingdom as always

When will the limited edition $10 Hurricane Milton cupcakes be available?

 

[Phonedave]

On CNN a doctor was on advising on how much bacteria the floodwaters have and how it can wreck a person's digestive system if the person swallows the contaminated waters.

I work with somebody whos' mother lives on Bayshore Blvd. He just got back from helping her recover from Helene.

According to him, during the flooding the city turns off the pumps for the sanitary (i.e toilets) sewer system to protect the sewage plants. His mother had 2' of water in her house, but the real killer was that it pushed everything back up the showers and toilets.

He sent a note out to his team at work, and this is what he said

"It got about 2ft of water inside the first floor this time. The sewer treatment facility shuts down its pumps during events like this. As the storm surge rises over the streets and above toilet level the water pressure causes the sewer pipes to flow backwards, coming out of the toilets and shower drains back into the homes. So the flooding and damage that has to be cleaned up is not simply saltwater. The smell can't be conveyed in the photos of flooding disaster scenes."

So yea, don't swallow it.